Weather Records on 28 October 1989

1,083 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1989. Highest significance: Virginia City, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1989

On 28 October 1989, 1,083 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
610 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,062 daily.
Virginia City set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 28 October 1989.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

1,083 stations

1,083 station records on 28 October 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Thursday Island Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olsens Bridge (Morwell River P	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tierawoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narbethong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rossville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innot Hot Springs Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carbean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Polo	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,083 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 397, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 213, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 28 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	397
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	213
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 28 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 1,062.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

895 broken records

Margins by which the 895 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1989

Top 20 records on 28 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1989	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1989	Thursday Island Mo, AU	monthly rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1989	Osage City, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Emmett, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Olsens Bridge (Morwell River P, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Sheridan AP, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Weabonga (Monomeeth), AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Kljuchi, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Boerne, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Columbus, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Newton, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Tierawoomba, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Narbethong, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Bowman Dam, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Mc Farland, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1989	Rossville, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1989. 1989 had 1,083 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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Data for records on 1989-10-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	818
25 to 50	49
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1